Chapter 34
The Forbidden Forest, located to the west of Hogwarts Castle, is a large and gloomy grove. According to the school's regulations, students are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest is covered with dense and tall trees, covering the entire sky. The Forbidden Forest is home to all sorts of dangerous monsters and magical creatures, and it seems to have an endless attraction for students, and no matter how many times professors emphasize that they are not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest, there will always be students who want to explore the Forbidden Forest.
The dangers of the Forbidden Forest are not something that younger students can handle. It is home to some of England's most dangerous plants: the dragon's claw vine and the thorn tree, with its long, tangled, mucus-secreting rattan always ready to hunt for prey, its smucus digesting an animal without leaving a trace, and its highly acidic mucus is strong enough to melt bones as part of its nutrition. As for the thorn tree, it is its roots that kill people, and its roots are man's nightmares, and it feels the shaking of the ground, so that it breaks through the dirt and pulls creatures under the soil to digest it slowly, and it digests an animal without leaving a trace.
If a wizard who is not knowledgeable and vigilant walks into the Forbidden Forest alone, he will most likely not be able to return. The Forbidden Forest is full of dangerous plants and monsters.
The eight-eyed giant spider is the most abundant of them. Originally, there was no such species in the Forbidden Forest, thanks to Hagrid, who released an eight-eyed giant spider he raised into the Forbidden Forest when he was a student, and later found a companion for the male eight-eyed giant spider, and the result was that the eight-eyed giant spider, an alien species, was breeding wildly in the Forbidden Forest. They occupy a sizable area of the Forbidden Forest, and the rest is on their diets, except for stone and wood.
Ever since the Eight-Eyed Spider bred in abundance in the Forbidden Forest, the Centaurs have been in conflict with them - after all, the Centaurs are on their diet. The Centaur tribe in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts is arguably the largest tribe in the entire Ying Kingdom, and these centaurs are quite hostile to wizards, but if you are a student, they will not hurt you, but will send you out of the Forbidden Forest.
But then again, fortunately there is no environmental protection law in the wizarding world, otherwise Hagrid, who single-handedly caused the invasion of alien species and caused serious consequences, would have to be in big trouble.
The Eight-Eyed Spider is not native to the Forbidden Forest, and there is no agreement between them and Hogwarts not to interfere with each other. This means that they can break out of the Forbidden Forest if they want to. They didn't do it now because the father of the eight-eyed spiders, Aragog, the eight-eyed spider that Hagrid had raised, was restraining his own offspring, but what would happen to Aragog when he died was completely unknown.
At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, not far from Hagrid's hut, Solim saw Professor Kettleburn from afar. Because he was so recognizable, like Hagrid's tall stature, Kettleburn also had features that were instantly recognizable.
Professor Kettleburn has only one arm and one leg, and he has two prosthetic limbs on him. So you can easily recognize him from a distance.
Kettleburn is a passionate, sometimes reckless man who loves the dangerous creatures he studies and cares for, often to the detriment of himself and sometimes to others. This fact led to no less than sixty-two probations during his tenure at the school. Like his successor, Hagrid, he always underestimated the danger of caring for creatures such as the Bird Snake, Grindillo and Fire Crab, and once he enchanted the Fire Snake to play a worm in the Fountain of Good Luck play, which set the Great Hall on fire, an accident that you can even see in Hogwarts - A History of the School.
Although a bit eccentric, Kettleburn is a lovely person, and the fact that he has been teaching at the school is a testament to his popularity with both teachers and students. The two prosthetic limbs on his body had been gifted by Dumbledore, but they looked very worn out, covered in scars and marks of fire.
Solim saw Professor Kettleburn crouching on the ground fiddling with something.
"Good afternoon, Professor. Solim said hello first.
Kettleburn heard movement behind him and glanced back.
"Oh, it's you, Solim, come on, I'll test you, do you know what these cuties are?"
It was only then that Solim saw several cages on the ground. After a glance, Solim knew what these were, and it was supposed to be the magical creatures he was going to use in the afternoon class.
"This is the Motra Rat, Professor. Solim then added, "I don't want to be bitten by this thing." "
The Motra rat is an animal that looks similar to a rat but has anemone-like growths on its back. This creature can be found in the coastal areas of the country of Yying. People bitten by Motra rats will experience retching, but in more severe cases, the patient's chrysanthemum will spark outward, but it will last up to forty-eight hours.
Growths on the back of the Motra rat can be eaten after pickling to increase the ability to resist evil spells, but excessive consumption can also cause unsightly purple ear hairs. Motra rat juice has the effect of treating cuts and abrasions, and can also reduce pain.
"Haha, you're right, being bitten by this little guy, if it's serious, you'll only have to go bare-ass. Kettleburn said with a smile.
"By the way, what is the matter with you coming to me now?" Kettleburn remembered that Solim was probably coming to him for something.
"Professor, yes, my cousin, Neville, he has a toad, but that toad always disappears inexplicably, even in a closed environment like a train box. I just wanted to ask, could this toad be a hybrid?" Solim explained briefly.
Kettleburn scratched his face with his intact hand, "Toad, disappear, how did it disappear, is it like a ball bird, or is it like an invisible beast?"
Fortunately, Solim knows something about magical creatures, otherwise someone else really wouldn't have understood what Kettleburn meant by the example.
The ball escape bird is the name of the wizard. Muggles call it the dodo. It is a landcobo that cannot fly but can teleport, but since Muggles are unaware of the Ball Bird's ability to teleport, they still think they have made it extinct. Ball Birds will suddenly disappear because they teleported, not invisible. But the invisibles are really invisible, and the secret of the invisibility of the invisibles lies in their fur, and it is for this reason that the invisibles have been hunted in large quantities because their fur is the material used to make the invisibility cloak.
"I don't know, because we don't know when the toad disappeared, and every time Neville tries to look for it, he can't find it, but after a while, the toad will appear in front of him. Solim added, "And every time the toad comes after Neville returns to the common room, when he is about to rest, and he doesn't usually see it." "
"Oh, is it possible that Neville was too careless to find it? You know, Neville's kid ......" Kettleburn shook his head at Neville's words.
"No, Professor, the door was closed and the window was closed in the box on the train at the beginning of the school year, but the toad was gone right under the noses of me, Hermione, and Neville, and there was no one in the whole box, and it wasn't found on the train, but in front of the Sorting House, the toad appeared next to Neville. "
Many people saw this, and Neville even interrupted Professor McGonagall in order to pick up the toad. Solim told everything about the toad.
Kettleburn frowned, "It's unusual, Solim, it's unusual......
.""So I'm going to ask the professor if it's possible that the toad has some unusual abilities because of its special bloodline, such as being the offspring of a cross with some magical creatures with invisible abilities?" Solim said.
"It's unlikely, if a new magical creature is cultivated through hybridization, it has to be filed with the Ministry of Magic, and if there is no filing, then the act is illegal. But this year, the Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control of the Ministry of Magic has only two new species recorded, but you said that this toad was given to him by Neville's uncle, which is even more unreasonable, a new species that was illegally cultivated and given to his juniors as pets is really an extremely irresponsible practice. Kettleburn told Solim what he thought.
Indeed, as Kettleburn said, if it is really a toad with a special bloodline, then it must be a crossbreeding, but Kettleburn has not heard of such a species. Even if it was illegally bred and Kettleburn didn't know it, how likely is it that the elders will give the younger ones an illegal species that could be dangerous and troublesome
Solim listened to Kettleburn's words and felt that something about the toad was certain.
